When Naomi tries to feed Mama a bite of chicken casserole that is too big, Mama says, "Well good lord Naomi, I couldn't eat a bite that big with all the PoliGrip in the world." In the episode "Teacher's Pet," Mama tells her night school teacher Mr. Hanson that she doesn't wear dentures.

Gert and Thelma perform "Ain't Misbehavin'". The song was written by Waller Fats and performed by the great Ella Fitzgerald. In 1978, a Broadway show opened by the same name and included this song. Nell Carter starred in the Broadway production.

The caller asks specifically for Naomi each time, even when someone else answers the phone. Since the resolution of the show demonstrates that he would talk to anyone, why wait to talk to Naomi Additionally, it's a little unlikely he would talk that way to Vint. Not impossible, just unlikely. Finally, if this guy keeps calling and asking for Naomi, why do they keep handing her the phone?

Though this is the last episode of the season, Naomi is not referenced at all. Nor does it appear that she is living at Mama's. So is Naomi married to Vint in this episode, or is this supposed to be before they tied the knot?

Buzz says that he's going to go next door and beat up Tommy Boylen. So it must obviously be the same home as the future character of Iola Boyland. But, who is Tommy? Iola only ever mentioned her mother and father. Unless Buzz implied to his father he'd go beat up an old man, Iola's father, to make him proud of him. Thus, Iola's father could be named Tommy, but, that seems highly unlikely; that Buzz is referencing someone his own age.

This episode was the second one produced during the first NBC season. But was aired as the 11th one in that season. Which means it was shown out of order, Vint is already married to Naomi (episodes 3-4) and he couldn't be getting married again.

Vint is supposedly out bowling that night. Take a good close look when Fran and Mama are talking in the kitchen after she realizes it wasn't her dress; Vint has left his bowling bag and ball in the kitchen on top of the garbage compact where the breadbox is.

When the lady is interviewing Mama, she asks if she completed college, high school, and elementary school. She says no to all. But in the episode "Educating Mama," she says how she dropped out of high school only a little before graduation. How exactly could she get in high school without even completeing elementary?

Watch Mama having trouble with the phone, first she has to push down the lighted button to get the phone to work. But after things get hectic she completely forgets to, but the phone still works just fine.

In an attempt to include Sonya and Fran in this episode, in the last scene, Vint screams upstairs for Sonya and then into the kitchen for Fran, hopefully making it look like they where really home. The problem is that neither appeared nor made a sound.

During the first face-off with Mama and Webster she screams out the answer before buzzing in and they throw the question out. But during the game Vint screams out an answer and the Van Courtland's get to use it to their advantage. Seems to me that if they had to throw one out, they should throw the other out.

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large family,
grown up kids,
for the nostalgic,
ensemble cast,
mainstream america

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